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Patented Mar. 6, 1951 Edwin L. mm; oms, 11 bito was f U f Paper Mills.Chicago. 11]., aeorporation of Illinois Application June 30. 1950;Serial i1... mm f 1Claim. (c tab-5 2),

The present invention pertains to improvee ments in a portablepaperboard carrier for bottles, cans or like articles of .uniformsize-and cy n r c mp tion or damage due to sideby side contact withshape. The carrieris primarily'improvedinthe,

manner in which certain portions of theside and end walls thereof arecut and manipulatedto' provide a relatively strong and substantial.mul-

tiple-ply partition and suspending panel extending medially of thecarrier terior. I 7

It is an object of the invention to provide a carrier having a centralpartition and suspending panel extending at a right angle between-andintegrally connected to a pair of opposed walls. which panel is oftwo-ply constructiom having the respective plies thereof cut in a novelman-v ner from the material of said last named pair of walls and of afurther. pair of walls normal thereto. Anotherobject of the invention isto provide a very simple, economical and practical paper:

board bottle carrier of the foregoing description, inhwhich an improvedand-simplified two-ply medial partition and suspending panel subdividesthe interior of the carrier between the sideand end wallsthereof intotwo rectangular article receiving spaces of equal size, each adapted to.receive one or more articles, the carrier being devoid of further crosspartitions furthersubdividing these spaces. A still further object is toprovide a flexible paperboard blank for a bottle carrier of -theabovetype- Considerable development has taken place in the designandimprovement of inexpensive paperboard bottle and related articlecarriers of the type characterized by pairs of side and end walls, amedial partition and suspendingpanel, usually connected tothe end wallsand paralleling the side walls, and a pluralitypf cross partitionelements, straps or walls extending between the respective side wallsand'the. aforesaid panel to subdivide the space on either side of the.latter into a plurality of bottle receiving compartments or cells,usually three in number, and toseparate and protect bottles in thosecells. n n

However, it is in some instancesdesirable to supply an article carrierwhich is non-cellular in character to the extent that it lacks the crosspartition elements referred to above. It is evident that such crosselements are unnecessary in the packagingof just two large size bottles,

in which case the bottle separating function is.

performed solely by the medial "partition, or, alternatively. in thepackaging of a number of to subdivide its in-.

no ubi t todisflsura one another. Therefore, thepre'sentinventionprovides a non-cellular type carrier of this description, featuringparticularly a partition and suspendinghandle which iscut in a novel andimproved fashion partly from the'mat e'rlal of the:

side walls and partly from th ,material, of v the end walls.

. Two embodimentsof the stereos a lej pr sented herein forpurpose'of'illu'stration audit will ,be app e i ted that the inventionis sump-t tible of in orporation in other modified forms coming equallyInthe drawings. a I f Fig. lis a plan view illustrating the flexibleblank iromywhich' the cari'ier isgfabricated. in one embodiment thereof,showing themanner m which the blank is slitted. creased and preliminarily glued;

within the sco e or the appended.

Fig. 2 is a plan viewshowingtlie par;

tially folded condition, showing. in dotted" lines a succeeding foldingoperation; n v

lj'lg. 3 is a plan view illustrating'the completely assembled carrier inthe flat, knocked-down con-v ditionthereoi'; I y

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the car-- rier in erectedcondition, readyfor the reception of its contents:

Fig. 5.18s. view in vertical H of Fig. 4;,

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packaged'therein; a

Iiig. 7. is a plan view, similarto Fig-d; or a blank employed in theconstruction of a slightly modified carrier; v t V Fig. 8 is a view ofthe completed' knoclrdown carrier constructedfroni the blank?! E 8; 7;and Fig. 9 is aperspective view of the' carrier con-. structed as shownin Flg.. 8; ingerected condition. Referring to h dr win if h r fim 7metal It generally designates the bl'ank. from which one em fent ofthe-ca erofrthepresq ent invention is fabricated. blanlr is sub, ivid bpaml l m ss lines.. "-11 am" into a pair. of end wall panels, ll, lli,an intermediate sidewall panel l1fwhich}ishingedly com wall panellibythe crease ll.

Fig. .6 is an end elevation of thefer'ected rier, showing in dotted lineafpair of bottles 'to carrying articles in any multiple of two, in

which case the end and side walls will be equal in length or the latterlonger than the former.

An automatically erectable bottom structure 20 of a well known type ishingedly connected to the aforesaid panels l5. l6, l1, l8 by'means of alongitudinally extending crease 2|. This bottom structure includes apair of identical end wall flaps 22, 23 and a pair of identical sidewall flaps 24, 25. Flaps 22, 23 are provided with 45'' creases 26 todefine generally triangular glue flaps 21 therein. This bottomconstruction is of the general type shown and described in the patent toHines No. 2,243,421 of May 27, 1941. Its

- details form no part of the present invention,

hence further detailed description thereof is dispensed with.

The material of blank is cut inwardly from the exterior margin thereof,and across the respective end wall marginal creases ll, l3, along theupwardly angled, horizontally'extending slits 29, 30, respectively.These slits extend upwardly and inwardly into the integral upperextensions 3|, 32 of the respective end wall panels l5, I6. Partitionand suspending panels 33, 31 are thus freed from the end wall panels I5,16 by slits 29, 30, which panels 33, 31 are adapted to hinge freelyrelative to the upper end panel extensions 31. 32 (as well as relativeto side wall panels 19 and I1) about vertical creases 34, 38,respectiveiv. The termini of slits 29, 30 merge with the lower ends ofthe respective creases 34, 38. Panel 33 has a terminal glue lap 35hinged thereto by a crease 36 which lies in alignment with the lowerwall defining crease H. In like-manner, a furtherglue lap or panelportion 31. freed from side wall panel I! by the angled crease 30, ishingedly connected to the partition panel 32 by the crease line 40 lyingin alignment with the wall defining crease l3.

Partition panels 33, 31 are appropriately apertured at to define fingerholes and depending, swinging tabs 43 therein adapted to be bent to oneside and upwardly of the partition P of the carrier when grasped. Thesetabs are preferably left weakly connected to the respective panelportions 33, 31, as by a line of perforations 46. They are adapted to bebroken away by the fingers of the user in grasping the partition.

It will be noted that each of the partition panels 33, 31 have avertically elongated slot 45 located in alignment with the crease line36, 40, respectively, and extending downwardly approximately to thelevel of the lower extremity of the respective creases 34, 38. Thepurpose is'to facilitate the bending of the flaps 35, 39 at a rightangle to the panels 33, 31, respectively, by eliminating a slighttendency to bind when the completed carrier is erected to its openarticle-receiving condition.

In manipulating the blank ll! of Fig. l to assemble the completedcarrier, the bottom forming flap members 22, 24, 23, 25 are first foldedupwardly and inwardly onto the respective end and side wall panels andthe glue laps 23 are reversely folded onto the members 22, 23in thefashion illustrated in Fig. 2. Adhesive is then applied to the exposedsurface of those flaps, as indicated by stippling in Fig. 2, and to oneof the partition panels 33. Adhesive may also be applied to the sideflap 35 as well as to an area of the end wall panel extension 3| whichadjoins crease 34. as indicated by stippling in Figs. 1 and 2.

If desired, the application of adhesive to the flap 36 and panelextension may be omitted, leaving flaps 35 and 38 unattached to therespective end wall panel extensions 32, 3| respectively, when thecarrier is completed. However, it is preferred that the adhesiveconnection be employed for the extra rigidity which is thereby impartedto the end walls.

The outer side wall panel I8 and its bottom forming flap 25 are nowfolded inwardly and downwardly about the crease H, as shown in dottedline in Fig. 2, causing the flap to be adhered to the glue lap 21. Withthe parts in this condition, the end wall panel 15 and associated partsare folded inwardly and downwardly about the crease l2, causing theother glue lap 21 to be adhered to the bottom-forming flap 24. The sidewall glue flap I9 is adhered to the coacting side wall panel and thepartition and suspending panels 33 and 31 are adhered to one another.Flap 39 will also be adhered to the end wall extension 3i and flap 35 tothe other extension 32 in the event adhesive has been applied asmentioned above.

These manipulations leave the carrier in the completed conditionillustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawing, presenting opposed end walls IS,IS, both of which are twice the width of the side wall constituted bythe panel l8 and flap or panel l9,

also that constituted by the opposite end wall panel l1. The partitionand suspending panel or handle P is of double-ply thickness, beingconstituted by sections cut by unidirectional slits from the material ofthe blank which normally falls in the end and sidewall areas thereof.

The carrier is erected to the position of Figs. 4. 5 and 6 by simplycompressing the opposite end margins represented by creases l2 and M.This spreads the opposed end and side walls and causes thebottom-forming members to assume closed and locked relation, in a. wellknown manner. The partition and handle member P swings to positionbetween and normal to the end walls, paralleling the side walls.

The amount of material employed in manufacturing the above carrier iskept at an absolute minimum, representing the width occupied by two endwalls, two side walls and a necessary overlapping glue flap. The cuttingof the blank along the angled slits 29, 30 insures the presence of apair of depending tab portions 46 and 41 (see Figs. 4 and 5) whichextend substantially downwardly into the interior of "the carrier toseparate the two bottles therein from one another. This preventsdestruction or disfiguring of the bottles by rubbing or impact.

The embodiment of the article carrier illustrated in Figs. '1, 8 and 9of the drawings is, in general respects, almost identical to thatillustrated and described above. Hence, corresponding parts thereof aredesignated by corresponding reference numerals or characters, primed,

and further detailed description of these partswill be dispensed with.The carrier of the sec- 15 ond. embodiment differs from that of Figs. 1

through 6 primarily in that the partition ireeing slits 48, 49 in theblank, here generally designated 50, are horizontal throughout andparallel the bottom crease 2!", rather than being angled in spectiveflaps and portions may be adhered to tion oi. the blank being providedwith a' single 7 laterally extending cut having an inner terminuslocated at the midpoint of one of the respective end wall panel members,said cuts extendingfrom said termini. in the same direction to anexteriormargin of said blank and at least to a hinged edge of saidrespective end wall panel members, said blank beingprovided with a pairof creases parallel to said lines of articulation and hinging,

each extending to a free edge of the blank from the inner terminus ofone of the respective cuts to provide a partition member on each sectionpartially freed therefrom by the cut and which one another, if desired,without imposing ex- 7 cessive resistance to flexure at creases 34', 38'and 36', 40'. Hence, a stippled application of adhesive is shown inFigure 7 at the areas which are involved. Alternatively, the expedientof sorted to, as in the first embodiment.

Assembly and erection of the structure the same way as described above,and generally considered, the carrier exhibits all of the char-Iacteristic features of improvement of the first embodiment. n

Iclaim: v A blank for a. flexible paperboard carrier comprising a pairof similar sections integrally articulated to one another in end-to-endrelation,

said sections each including end and side wall panel members integrallyhinged in end-to-end relation to one another, the material 01' eachsec-' elongating one of the apertures 42' may be re-" mus 7 trated inFigs. 7, 8 and 9 is performed in exactly is-freely swingable about saidinner crease terminus relative to one of the end wall panel members.said sections being adapted to be connected to one another at oppositeends of the blank and said partition members being adapted to be securedinface contact with one another to define a .multi-ply partition havingsaid respective creases disposed at opposite margins of the respectivepartition members.

'. EDWIN L. ARNESON.

REFERENCES crrEn The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

'UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,273,266 Himes Feb. 17, 1942'2,354,369 Gilbert July 25, 1944 2,371,471, Rothsteln Mar. 13, 19452,418,350 Holy ...L Apr. 1, 1947 Lupton Jan. 4, 1949

